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Joshua Tree National Park Self-Guided Driving Tour
Joshua Tree National Park: Self-Driving Audio Tour
Joshua Tree National Park: Self-Driving Audio Tour
Joshua Tree National Park: Self-Driving Audio Tour
Joshua Tree National Park: Self-Driving Audio Tour

Joshua Tree National Park Self-Guided Driving Tour

By Action Tour Guide
4.2 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$26 per traveller
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 365d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • Explore the landscape where two deserts collide.
  • Hear true tales of gold, bandits, and wild west lawlessness.
  • Snap unforgettable photos of the super-rare Joshua Trees.
  • Hike, boulder, and stargaze in a place like no other.
  • Get acquainted with all sorts of desert critters.

Activity location

  • Joshua Tree Visitor Center
    • 6554 Park Boulevard
    • 92252, Joshua Tree, California, United States of America

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Main Entrance (West): Joshua Tree Visitor Center
    • 6554 Park Boulevard
    • 92252, Joshua Tree, California, United States of America

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

Members save up to 10% on this activity

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Joshua Tree National Park Self-Guided Driving Tour
  • Activity duration is 365 days365d365d
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
AU$25.68 x 1 TravellerAU$25.68
Total
Price is AU$25.68
14+ Tour Of California Self-Guided Driving Bundle
  • Activity duration is 365 days365d365d
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
AU$75.54 x 1 TravellerAU$75.54
Total
Price is AU$75.54

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedApp on your phone: A link to download the Action Tour Guide app. Password for your tours.
  • What's includedWhat's includedEasy to use: Stories play automatically by GPS. Hands-free. Get HELP all day: Call, Chat, or Email.
  • What's includedWhat's includedGood value: Buy just one per car. Don’t pay for each person. Save money compared to a bus tour.
  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate tour in your/hire car: No group. Take breaks for photos/ snacks/hikes. Go at your own pace
  • What's includedWhat's includedFlexible schedule: Use any day, any time. Travel over multiple days or on next trip. Never expires.
  • What's includedWhat's includedOffline use: No cell signal or wifi required. Offline GPS Map & route. Stop-to-stop direction.
  • What's includedWhat's includedDon’t miss a thing: Full itinerary, travel tips, professionally narrated, videos, text, hidden gems.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTransport, parking fee, food/drinks.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedNational Park/attraction Passes, entry tickets, or reservation.

Know before you book

  • This is a self-guided tour; no guide will accompany you. The Action Tour Guide app functions as a guide, an audio tour, and a map all in one.
  • Please arrange for a vehicle before you take the tour. You only need to book one tour per vehicle, not per person.
  • After the booking, you will receive an email with a link to the Action Tour Guide app and a unique password to access the tour within the app.
  • This tour has been developed by local guides, curated by creative writers, and narrated by professional voice artists.
  • Most stops along the tour have animated videos allowing you to visualise what you cannot see, such as snapshots from different centuries or interior rooms.
  • This tour is valid forever - from the moment of booking. You will not need to change the booking if your travel plans change.

What you can expect

Recommended: Purchase one tour per vehicle. Everyone can listen at the same time!

Explore the rugged, mystical beauty of Joshua Tree National Park with this narrated driving tour. Discover a desert full of amazing hikes and cartoonishly strange trees, and hear all about the area’s fascinating history, from the greed of the gold rush to the McHaney Gang’s reign of terror. Enjoy all this in any season from the comfort of your own car! As a bonus, this package also includes a tour through Palm Springs!

After booking, you can check your email before downloading the Action Tour Guide app, enter your unique password, and access your tour. The preceding steps require good internet/wifi access. Simply follow the audio instructions and the route from there.

No expiration — The tour comes with lifetime validity!

This is not an entrance ticket to attractions along the route. Check pandemic rules and opening hours before your visit.

Points of Interest along the Joshua Tree National Park:-

  • Joshua Tree Visitor Centre
  • Quail Mounatin
  • Samuelsons Rock
  • Willow Hole
  • Lost Horse Valley
  • Hidden valley nature trail and McHaney Gang Hideout
  • Crossroads Rock
  • Keys Ranch
  • Barker Dam
  • Wall Street Post Trail
  • Lost Horse Mountain
  • Lost Horse Mine Loop Trail
  • Keys View
  • Queen Mountain
  • Pine City Trail
  • Desert Queen Mine
  • Skull Rock
  • Cushion Foxtail Cactus & Split Rock Loop Trail
  • Sky's The limit observatory and nature centre
  • Oasis visitor centre
  • Arch Rock Nature Trail
  • Ocotillo Patch
  • Mastodon Peak
  • Cottonwood Spring Trail
  • Cottonwood Visitor Centre
  • Palm Springs Visitors Centre
  • Palm Springs Aerial Tramway.
  • Palm Springs Art Museum
  • Walk of the Stars Palm Springs
  • Palm Springs Air Museum
  • Coachella Valley Preserve
  • General Patton Memorial Museum
  • Coxcomb Mountains

Benefits Over Live Guides and Group Tours:

  • This flexible, self-led tour works by sensing your location as you drive
  • The in-depth audio narration plays as you drive
  • Buy just one tour for the whole car, and use it as often as you’d like
  • Once it’s downloaded, the audio tour never expires— use it multiple times
  • Once it’s downloaded, the tour works completely offline
  • Tour your way: choose when to start, stop fast-forward, or rewind
  • Ask for help from a real person anytime over call, chat, or email

Cleaning and safety practices

Social distancing
  • Contactless ticket redemption
  • Social distancing measures in place
Safety measures
  • Temperature checks given to staff
  • Masks required
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Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESJoshua Tree Visitor Center
    • 6554 Park Boulevard
    • 92252, Joshua Tree, California, United States of America

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEMain Entrance (West): Joshua Tree Visitor Center
    • 6554 Park Boulevard
    • 92252, Joshua Tree, California, United States of America
  • PEOPLEPEOPLESouth Entrance: Cottonwood Visitor Center
    • Pinto Basin Road
    • 92277, TWENTYNIN PLM, California, United States of America
  • PEOPLEPEOPLENortheast Entrance: Joshua Tree Cultural Center
    • 6533 Freedom Way
    • 92277, Twentynine Palms, California, United States of America